The Hi, welcome to Yoga Download. I'm Jackie Maru, and Brooke Phillips is here with me today to demonstrate each posture if you should need a visual.

This class is a combination of hatha yoga and yin yoga. We'll start with some postures that will warm us a little bit, get us grounded and more in our bodies,

and then we'll move into some slow yin that will really help

you work your joints and fascia and take you in a little bit deeper so for today grab if you have

two blocks one or two blocks if you don't have blocks that's okay if you have them grab them

get a folded blanket something about

as thick as this a towel will work too and also grab two just bath towels shower

towels and you can roll them up or fold them up you may not need any of these

props but they're nice to have just in case for the yin

piece of this class. Let's go ahead and begin in a comfortable seated position. You're

welcome to sit on your folded up blanket or your towel or even your block. If cross-legged

is comfortable for you, go for that. If not, that's okay. Take your

hands and rest them on your knees. Close your eyes. And just settle. Settle into your body.

Start just to notice your breathing and to make it deeper.

And make it slower.

Yoga allows us time just to clear away clutter in our minds,

to clear away negativity, and to let go of the need to control things, to let go of outcomes,

and just to come into the present moment fully. It's that simple.

That's really the invitation.

And we use the body, our body, in yoga, to find the moment more.

And we also use the breath.

So our minds are not always present, but our bodies always are.

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